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Sheridan teacher sentenced for sex with teen boy

By The Denver Post

Posted:
08/04/2009 05:09:39 PM MDT

Updated:
08/04/2009 06:25:07 PM MDT

Melissa Snow (Denver Police Department)

A former Sheridan High School teacher was sentenced to eight years of supervised probation today and will have to register as a convicted sex offender because of an improper relationship with a teenage boy last year.

Earlier this year, Melissa Snow, 27, pleaded guilty to felony attempted sexual assault. She was arrested last November, after a tip from a school employee led investigators to believe that Snow had sex with the boy more than once at a location in Denver.

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey initially charged Snow with three counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust, with one of the charges alleging a pattern of behavior.

She was arrested Nov. 5. The exact age of the boy was not released by police or prosecutors.

Snow had been an English teacher at Sheridan High School since 2005, according to the school district.

Under the terms of the probation, Snow will not be able to have contact with anyone under the age of 18 unless approved by her probation officer.

She also must keep a full-time job, complete a victim empathy course and register as a sex offender, according to the District Attorney's office.

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